191—10.15 (522B) Appointments.
	 10.15(1) Insurers are required to file appointments with the division for each insurance producer with which the producer has an agency relationship. The determination of whether an insurer and an insurance producer have an agency relationship will be made by the division based on the totality of the circumstances surrounding the business relationship. Appointments are not issued for business entities.
	 10.15(2) Appointments must be filed using the NIPR Gateway, except that insurers authorized under Iowa Code chapter 518 or 518A shall file appointments directly with the division by arrangement with the division.
	 10.15(3) The notice of appointment must be filed within 30 days of the date the insurer and producer execute an agency contract or the first insurance application is submitted to the insurer.
	 10.15(4) Appointment fees are set forth in rule 10.24(522B). A billing statement will be submitted to insurance companies on a monthly basis and payment is due within 45 days. The division will assess a late fee for the failure to timely pay appointment billing statements of $100 on the forty-sixth day, an additional $100 on the sixtieth day, and an additional $100 each day thereafter.
	 10.15(5) The division may adopt special appointment filing procedures to allow an insurer to file one appointment request that will appoint a producer to some or all of the affiliated insurance companies that comprise a holding company.
	 10.15(6) When a company loses its identity in a new company by merger, acquisition, or otherwise, the new company must contact the licensing bureau to arrange for reappointment of the producers to the remaining company.